A person’s social media can reveal their interests, personality, values, social circle, lifestyle, and habits or routines. It can also indicate their communication style, career aspirations, and opinions on various topics. Sports have always been a part of my life that I haven’t necessarily shared online until recently.
I grew up a gymnast and cheerleader and it was my entire life. It just wasn’t something I chose to share on social media because it was just for me. My social media platforms were rarely used and when it was it was strictly just personal. When working in sports suddenly became my reality I had to become comfortable with sharing my everyday life on social media. I started posting on my story for every game I was attending and started to grow more comfortable with sharing what I was doing especially because it was for the games and matches I was working for ODU. In part, it did contribute to me falling in love with the job and furthering my need to continue into the spring semester. Learning sports and growing my knowledge helped me gain confidence in sharing my opinions online and starting to rep my teams with some knowledge.
Especially when it comes to having new favorites, expressing my love for them on social media is so fun. New favorites I have gained while learning more about sports are WNBA player Caitlin Clark, the Philadelphia Sixers, NCAA sports, and learning how football works made me appreciate the Commanders so much more. I’ve always loved the NFL but I learned how it works from my internship with ODU athletics where I had the chance to be in the broadcast booth for one of our home games.
My philosophy has always been that there is so much to learn in the world and I’m always going to keep learning as I get older. Every game I attend or interview I listen in on I learn something I didn’t before and it excites me to know that I won’t lose that feeling. It’s also very rewarding to be able to teach other people about the work I’m doing through my Instagram stories and posts on my account.
I have a highlight reel on my personal Instagram with all my stories for athletics and a couple of posts on what I’ve been doing as well. I’d like to create my own podcast to talk about my journey with sports and my personal life as well. Taking baby steps with that goal I created a sports Instagram account so I can post my own sports content there!
I’m excited to start creating content and see what comes of it!
If you’d like to follow my personal account or sports account on Instagram it will be linked to socials
